Emotion (EMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ Hepburn: Emotion: densetsu no gogo = itsukamita Dracula),[2][3] stylized on-screen as Émotion, is a 1966 Japanese experimental short film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi.[4] It stars Emi Tabata as Emi, a young woman who travels from a seaside village to a city, where she meets another girl named Sari (Sari Akasaka) and encounters a vampire.[3][additional citation(s) needed]
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| Kanji | EMOTION 伝説の午後 いつか見たドラキュラ | ||||
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| Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi | ||||
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| Produced by | Kyoko Obayashi | ||||
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| Narrated by | Kyoko Hanyu (Japanese) Donald Richie (English)[1] | ||||
| Music by | Naoshi Miyazaki | ||||
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Running time | 39 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
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Cast
edit- Emi Tabata as Emi
- Sari Akasaka as Sari
- Jinichi Isizaki
- Keiko Machida
- Jusin Kitamura
- Harumi Sō
- Ichirō Takahasi
- Tamiko Tachikawa
- Misuzu Mori
- Yoshiyuki Oka
- Sakio Hirata
- Chigumi Obayashi
Reception
editIn 2015, David Cairns of Notebook referred to Emotion as "a collage of camera effects, stills, pixillation and every other trick the decade had to offer", concluding: "Obayashi's caffeinated take on avant-garde cinema certainly shows the influence of commercials, and he never met a gimmick he didn't like, but he can sure compose a shot."[5]
Home media
editOn 26 October 2010, the Criterion Collection released Obayashi's 1977 feature-length film House on Blu-ray and DVD,[6] with Emotion included as a special feature.[1][7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b Abrams, Simon (26 October 2010). "DVD Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi's House on the Criterion Collection". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Skal, David J. (2004). Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen (First revised ed.). London, England: Faber and Faber. p. 303. ISBN 978-0571211586.
- ^ a b Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010. McFarland & Company. p. 84. ISBN 978-0786433650.
- ^ Hudson, David (13 April 2020). "Beyond House: Nobuhiko Obayashi". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Cairns, David (12 November 2015). "The Forgotten: Nobuhiko Obayashi's "Emotion" (1967)". Notebook. MUBI. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "House Criterion Collection Blu-ray". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "House (1977)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Perez, Rodrigo (28 October 2010). "Criterion DVD Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi's Child-like Psychedelic Ghost Tale, 'House' Is Out There". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 November 2020.